Zappagram #25
News about Spoon, Queens of the Stone Age, and Smashing Pumpkins, RIP Nurse Ratched, and Elton John gets a surprise...
Hey friends,
Tons going on this week in the world of music and, as always, I’m here to bring you the scoop!
Let’s dive in…
“If I notice something, I’ve incorporated it. If I mention it, I’ve endorsed it. If I don’t like it, but do nothing, I’ve accepted it. If I’ve accepted it, I’ve condoned it.”
―Henry Rollins
HEAVY ROTATION
New weekly playlists highlighting great music
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WEEKLY PLAYLIST #25
Midlake • Victoria Bigelow • Amanda Shires • Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit • Jim James • Cecilia Castleman • Beth Orton • Blonde Diamond • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Alice In Chains
MASTER PLAYLIST (ALL WEEKS)
MUSIC NEWS
The latest happenings in the world of music
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Elton John Performs for White House, Gets Surprise Medal From President
Biden surprised an emotional Elton John with a National Humanities Medal at "A Night When Hope and History Rhyme." [via RollingStone]
Pharoah Sanders Dies at 81
The legendary saxophonist was a key figure in the spiritual jazz movement. [via Pitchfork]
Smashing Pumpkins Drop Sabbath-like ‘Beguiled,’ Announce 33-Song ‘ATUM’ Rock Opera
The sprawling set is the sequel to 1995's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000's "Machina/The Machines of God. [via Billboard]
Tommy Lee & Tool’s Danny Carey and More Complete Taylor Hawkins Los Angeles Tribute Concert Lineup
Following a Wembley Stadium gig earlier this month, Foo Fighters and friends will pay tribute to their late drummer at the Kia Forum next week. [via NME]
Spoon Announce Remix Album
Spoon have announced Lucifer on the Moon, a track-for-track reworking of their 2022 LP Lucifer on the Sofa, due out November 4. [via Consequence]
Queens Of The Stone Age Reissue Debut Album, Alongside Like Clockwork and Villains with Limited Edition Vinyl and More
The reissues feature exclusive new and restored artwork, posters, and more. [via NME]
Puscifer to Livestream Two Concert Films for Halloween
The band revisit V Is for Vagina and Conditions of My Parole for the double feature. [via Consequence]
Dead and Company Announce Final Tour
The Grateful Dead offshoot have announced their final tour for summer 2023. [via RollingStone]
Guns N’ Roses Releasing Massive Use Your Illusion I & II Box Set With 63 Unreleased Tracks/Videos
The box set also features a 100-page book with unseen photos and images. [via Billboard]
Doobie Brothers Drummer John Hartman Dies at 72
The band paid tribute to their co-founder and drummer John Hartman in a post announcing the 72-year-old rock veteran’s death. [via Billboard]
OFF TOPIC
May or may not be music-related
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Nick Cave and Brad Pitt Reveal Ceramic Sculptures in Finnish Museum Exhibition
The musician and the actor’s ceramic works are in a show with sculptor Thomas Houseago, which runs at the Sara Hildén Art Museum through January. [via Pitchfork]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ New Live Album Captures Fabled 1997 Residency at San Francisco’s Fillmore
Marking the band's first live album in 13 years. [via Consequence]
NFL Announces Apple Music as New Super Bowl Halftime Show Partner
The Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show is what it will be called for multiple years. Pepsi had been the Halftime Show’s sponsor for a decade. [via Pitchfork]
R.I.P. Louise Fletcher, from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Fletcher won an Oscar for her iconic portrayal of Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film. [via AVClub]
NEW RELEASES
Listen to these recently dropped albums
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Alice In Chains: Dirt (30th Anniversary Edition) [listen]
Beth Orton: Weather Alive [listen]
Billy Idol: The Cage EP [listen]
Daniel Lanois: Player, Piano [listen]
Joni Mitchell: The Asylum Albums (1972 – 1975) Boxed Set [listen]
Magdalena Bay: Mercurial World (Deluxe) [listen]
Nils Frahm: Music For Animals [listen]
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin: Ali [listen]
UPCOMING RELEASES
These albums are coming soon
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SEPTEMBER 30
Björk: Fossora • Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (2022 Mix) • Dropkick Murphys: This Machine Still Kills Fascists • Herb Alpert: Sunny Side Of The Street • High Vis: Blending • Keith Jarrett: Bordeaux Concert • Lambchop: The Bible • Office Culture: Big Time Things • Pixies: Doggerel • Roger Taylor: The Outsider Tour Live • Snarky Puppy: Empire Central • The War on Drugs: I Don’t Live Here Anymore [Deluxe Box Set] • Titus Andronicus: The Will to Live • Tycho: Back To Mine • Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Deluxe Edition) • Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Cool It Down
OCTOBER 7
Broken Bells: Into The Blue • Bush: The Art Of Survival • Courtney Marie Andrews: Loose • The Cult: Under The Midnight Sun • The Cure: Wish (30th Anniversary Edition) • Dayglow: People In Motion • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava • Lindsey Stirling: Snow Waltz • Mark Knopfler: The Studio Albums 2009-2018 • Tom Waits: Alice (Vinyl Reissue) • Tom Waits: Blood Money (Vinyl Reissue) • Will Sheff (of Okkervil River): Nothing Special
OCTOBER 14
Brian Eno: FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE • David Bowie: Heroes (Vinyl Reissue) • David Bowie: Live in Berlin (1978) (Reissue) • Frank Zappa: Zappa ’75: Zagreb/Ljubljana • Paul Weller: Modern Classics (Vinyl Reissue) • Red Hot Chili Peppers: Return of the Dream Canteen • Todd Rundgren: Space Force • The 1975: Being Funny in a Foreign Language • The Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Deluxe Edition) • Various Artists: Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
See it to believe it
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Live at The Isle of Wight Festival (2012)
This week marks five years since we lost Tom Petty. I was lucky enough to see him live, circa 2007. Not only did he put on an incredible show, his special guest the night I saw him was none other than Stevie Nicks. This show, from 2012, captures Tom and the Heartbreakers in fine form. [via YouTube]
ON THIS DATE
Musical happenings of historical significance
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SEPTEMBER 26
Birthdays: Bryan Ferry (1945) • Olivia Newton-John (1948) • Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl (1962) • Robert Palmer died of a heart attack aged 54 in Paris France. (2003)
SEPTEMBER 27
Birthdays: Randy Bachman (1943) • Meat Loaf (1947) • American drummer Russ Kunkel (1948) • Dee Dee Ramone of the Ramones was arrested for possessing marijuana during a drug bust in New York's Greenwich Village. (1990)
SEPTEMBER 28
Birthdays: Ed Sullivan (1902) • Ben E. King (1938) • Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent (1982) • Miles Davis died. (1991)
SEPTEMBER 29
Birthdays: Gene Autry (1907) • Jerry Lee Lewis (1935) • Mick Harvey of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1958) • Prince & the Revolution started a two-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Let's Go Crazy.” (1984) • American blues guitarist Otis Rush died from complications of a stroke aged 84. (2018)
SEPTEMBER 30
Birthdays: Johnny Mathis (1935) • Marc Bolan (1947) • Trey Anastasio (1964) • A schoolboy from Philadelphia who skipped class to meet his musical hero handed his teacher an absence note signed by Bruce Springsteen. Fifth-grader Michael Fenerty met The Boss at a "meet-and-greet" in the Free Library of Philadelphia when Springsteen was in town signing copies of his new autobiography, Born to Run. (2016)
OCTOBER 1
Birthdays: Donny Hathaway (1945) • Martin Cooper of OMD (1958) • Jimi Hendrix was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Seattle. (1970)
OCTOBER 2
Birthdays: Don McLean (1945) • Richard Hell (1949) • Mike Rutherford of Genesis (1950) • Sting (1951) • Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch (1988) • Tom Petty, found unconscious at his home in Los Angeles, not breathing and in cardiac arrest, he was taken to UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica where he died at 8:40pm. (2017)
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Zappagram #25
I've only heard the remixed "On The Radio." it's totally bonkers. The new Beth Orton is sounds the way our local weather feels right now (I mean that in a good way, and hope it makes sense).
I'm excited to see Herb Alpert has something new coming out, which I suppose means I've become my parents?